Back in the Day: October 18th - Palace Lose to Brighton to Dowie's Disgust

Saturday 18th October 1930

Crystal Palace 5-2 Fulham

League Division Three South – Att: 21,110

Manager: Fred Maven

Crystal Palace leapfrogged Fulham in the Division Three South table thanks to goals from Bert Harry (2 - below, in his b-boy stance) Peter Simpson and George Clarke (2). Bert Barrett from the spot and Jimmy Temple grabbed the goals for the visitors.

Tuesday 18th October 2005

Crystal Palace 0-1 Brighton

Championship – Att: 22,400

Manager: Iain Dowie

Promotion-chasing Crystal Palace lost to their bottom of the league rivals Brighton at Selhurst Park thanks to a 79th minute Paul McShane header.

"What was said in the dressing room stays there but yes, I'm disappointed and angry,” said Dowie to the BBC after the game.

"That was not a performance I want to be associated with this football club.

"I'm not happy, and neither should the players be. We didn't put the extra 10% in that you need. Our options were limited, our movement wasn't there."

Crystal Palace would exact revenge at the Withdean later in the season.

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Crystal Palace 1-0 Bristol City

Championship - Att: 11,869

Manager: Dougie Freedman

Crystal Palace beat bottom of the table Bristol City, thanks to an 81st minute Glenn Murray penalty that was controversially won by Jonathan Williams. Lewin Nyatanga stuck a foot out and the diminutive attacking midfielder flung himself to the ground, giving the opportunity for Murray to beat former England goalkeeper David James from the spot.

Friday 18th October 2013

Crystal Palace hits 34,000 likes on Facebook. At the time of writing (Oct 2016), the Club now sits on 984k likes! The power of the Premier League.

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Saturday 18th October 2014

Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League – Att: 24,451

Manager: Neil Warnock

League leaders Chelsea escaped from Selhurst Park with all three points thanks to two great goals and some helpful refereeing. Oscar opened the scoring with a brilliant free-kick but Cesar Azpilicueta received a straight red five minutes before the break, and this looked set to change the game in Palace’s favour. Instead, Damien Delaney was sent off three minutes later as Chelsea players surrounded the referee for an innocuous challenge.

Cesc Fabregas gave the visitors a two-goal cushion six minutes after the break but a last minute Fraizer Campbell goal gave Mourinho's men a nervous few minutes.

I was not impressed with Warnock’s tactics in this one in the report of this game.

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October 17th

Crystal Palace batter Norwich 5-1 in 1998.